DYERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM

 

Subject:               PRINCIPLES OF TECHNOLOGY                                                                                        _____   Semester            

Grade:                __________________________                                                                                                      _____   Year

 

 

TOPIC

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

AUGUST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.       Forces in mechanical systems-linear.

 

2.       Forces in mechanical systems-rotational.

 

3.       Forces in fluid systems-pressure.

1.       What causes objects to move in a linear system?

2.       What type of measurements can describe movement in a linear system?

 

1.       What causes objects to move in a rotational system?

2.       How do you use torque?

 

1.       What are fluids?

2.       What makes fluids move?`

3.       How are you affected by and use pressure?

SEPTEMBER

 

 

 

 

1.       Topic:  Force in electrical systems-voltage.

 

2.       Forces in thermal systems-temp difference.

1.       What is electricity?

2.       What makes electricity move?

 

 

1.       What is heat?

2.       What makes heat move?

3.       What is temperature, and how is it measured?

OCTOBER

 

1.  Work in mechanical systems-linear.

1.       How have you done work in a linear system?

2.       Is efficiency important to linear work?

NOVEMBER

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.   Work in mechanical systems-rotational.

 

2.   Work in fluid systems.

1.       Have you done work in a rotational system?

2.       What are some uses for measurements in a rotational system?

 

1.       How is work done by a fluid?

2.       Have you done work using a fluid or seen it in the workplace?

DECEMBER

1.   Work in electrical systems.

1.       How can electricity do work?

2.       How are electrical work and mechanical work related through efficiency problems?

JANUARY

 

 

 

 

 

1.   Rate in mechanical systems.

 

 

2.   Rate in fluid systems.

 

CONTINUED IN FEBRUARY.

1.       Why is rate important in mechanical systems?

2.       Are speed and acceleration the same?

3.       Do you calculate linear and rotational speed the same?  Acceleration?

 

1.       Why is controlling fluid rate important?

FEBRUARY

1.    Rate in electrical systems.

1.       What are some important rates used in electrical systems, and why is  nit important to control them?

MARCH

 

1.  Rate in thermal systems.

1.       Why is heat-flow rate important to thermal systems?

2.    How is heat-flow rate controlled, and why must it be controlled?

APRIL

 

 

 

1.          Resistance in mechanical systems.

 

2.          Resistance in fluid systems.

1.       Is resistance helpful or harmful?

2.       How are friction and drag force similar?

 

1.         How is fluid resistance related to fluid flow rate?

2.         What is the importance of measuring and controlling resistance?

MAY

 

1.   Resistance in electrical systems.

 

2.   Resistance in thermal systems.

1.       How are resistance, voltage, and current related?

2.       Why is it important to control electrical resistance?

 

1.       How is thermal resistance important to you?

2.       How are resistance and conductivity related?